Tom: Over the couple of years we’ve been writing this tripe, Tim, I’ve started to get a taste for varying European accents — and the music that tends to come out of the Scandinavian nations. I heard this, and thought it sounded Swedish. And I’m wrong: because Amy Macdonald is very, very Scottish.
Tim: Yes, she is.
Tom: Let’s ignore the inopportune timing of the song, because that’s too easy a joke. Normally, I’d wonder if a track like this was worth writing about: it pretty much fits our generic-song formula.
Tim: It does, but it’s pretty excited and energetic and almost inducing of finger-clicking, which is always nice to hear. And that’s before you get to the fanfares in the background.
Tom: But that voice, and that triumphant backing: it’s a cut above. I’m not sure what it reminds me of, particularly in its closing few seconds, but it’s something rather wonderful.
Tim: I don’t think it reminds me of anything – just generally good, upbeat celebratory songs. Which is only logical, since that’s what it is.